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disparate
Disparate (adj) means Made up of parts that are very different from each other and sit awkwardly together.
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1
Made up of parts that are very different from each other and sit awkwardly together.
"Although third-rail operation in the region dates back more than a century, it was in the 1970s that tunnels under Liverpool's city centre opened to bring together previously disparate routes."
— Tony Streeter, Kirkdale: home to Merseyrail's new '777s' (2023)
"The board of the company was decidedly disparate, with no two members from the same social or economic background."
2
Different in basic nature, not just two opposite ends of the same kind.
3
So unlike each other that there is no way to compare them.
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What is the meaning of disparate?
"disparate" (adj) means made up of parts that are very different from each other and sit awkwardly together.
What is another word for disparate?
Other words for "disparate" include incongruous, unalike, dissimilar, different.
What is the opposite of disparate?
Opposites of "disparate" include homogeneous, same.
What are the different meanings of disparate?
"disparate" has 3 main meanings: 1. Made up of parts that are very different from each other and sit awkwardly together; 2. Different in basic nature, not just two opposite ends of the same kind; 3. So unlike each other that there is no way to compare them.
